HC Deb 09 March 1977 vol 927 c548W
Mr. Loyden

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the number employed in the following industries in the Liverpool travel-to-work area for the years 1960 and 1977: docks, building construction, engineering, ship-building, ship repair, transport, distribution, warehousing, merchant shipping and telecommunications.

Mr. Golding

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 2nd March 1977; Vol. 927, c. 168], circulated the following details

Following is the information available which relates to the industry groups containing the industries specified. The table shows the numbers of employees in employment in the Liverpool travel-to-work area at June 1975, the latest date for which information is available, and, after allowing for discontinuities, the estimated changes since June 1960.

air carriers must, where possible, be used at all times.

Mr. Charles R. Morris

I can only answer for the Civil Service where the Civil Service Pay and Conditions of Service Code states that whenever possible United Kingdom airlines should be used by officials and others whose fares are paid from public funds and that bookings should be made with a United Kingdom airline.